Given the increasing importance of theurban transport sector, the World Bank decided to explorethe feasibility of setting up a possible urbanaccessibility/mobility index. The purpose of such an indexwould be to provide an indicator / measurement, of how urbantransport systems in different cities compared to oneanother, and how the transport system developed in eachindividual city. The aim is to provide client cities andcountries, along with the World Bank and other institutions,with some evidence-based information. It is for this reasonthat the Bank decided to develop a suitable index. However,urban transport has multiple dimensions, and cannot becomprehensively assessed by a single indicator. There is anacute lack of reliable data on different aspects concerningurban transport. Therefore, a compromise was decided upon,in order to develop an index that was both comprehensive andpractical. The compromise required that data for the index /indicators should be easy to collect, easy to interpret andunderstand, and replicable from one city to another. It wasalso essential that the data be regularly updated and easilyavailable. The core urban transport policy of the Bank is tohelp countries and cities develop policies that favor publictransport and non-motorized transport modes, versus privatecars and motorcycles. The outline design of the urbanaccessibility/mobility index explored in this feasibilitystage report, has been envisaged to indeed reflect these objectives.
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